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I. F. PEOK. SPIN-DLE HOLDER FOR DYBING YARNINGOPS.

Patented Aug. 12, 1890;I

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2. LRPEGK. SPINDLE HOLDEN POR DYEING YARN IN COPS.

PaltentedAug. l2, 1890.

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1/Vanier' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA F. PECK, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

SPINDLE-HOLDER FOR-D YEING YARN INICOPS.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 434,136, dated August12, 1890.

Application filed May 21, 1890.

` To all whom t 'may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA F. PECK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the State ofv Rhode Island, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Spindle- Holders for Dyeing Yarn in Cops,of which the following is a specification.

In dyeing yarn in'cops which are immersed in the dyeing-liquor uponhollow spindles, through which the dyeing-liquor is made to pass bymeans ot' a pnmp,it is very desirable to be able to operate upon a. fewspindles at a time, while a comparatively large number of spindles areheld in the vat of dyeingliquor ready to be acted upon alternately withthe others, and by this means a uniform color will be produced in all ofthe cops in the vat and the time will be greatly economized; and myinvention consists in the employment of a spindle-holder providedinteriorly with a valve, which is adapted to alternately allow andprevent the passage of the dyeing-liquor through the several cops, sothat while a comparatively great number of cops are in the dyeing-liquoronly a portion of the same will be acted upon by the pump at any onetime.

Figure l represents an elevation of a spindle-holder provided with myimprovement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3represents a transverse section taken in the line o: of Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a top view of the clamp for connecting the'hose to thespindle-holder. Fig. 5 is a transverse section of the spindle-holder,showing a modification. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the same.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a perforated cylindrical shell, intothe perforations a a of which are'inserted the short tubes b b, whichare adapted to receive the insert-ingshank c of the hollow spindle d,upon which the cop is to be placed. The shell A is provided at one endwith the hollow head B, which maybe screwed upon the end of the tube,and which is provided with a passage e, extending to an opening f at thecouplingjoint g. The hose or pipe D is provided with a hollowjoint-piece C, which is held against Serial No. 352,647. (No model.)

the head B at the opening f to form atight coupling-joint at. g by meansof the handclamp E, which is shown separate in Fig. 4. At the oppositeend of the shellA is secured the head B provided with the hollow hub h,and within the bore of the cylindrical shell A and closely fitting thesame is placed the valve F, which extends from end to end ot' the shellA, the said valve being provided at its opposite sides with the openings0l t', so that the opposite longitudinal series of spindles d CZ will beacted upon by the vacuum in the chamber G, while the remaining spindlesaround the shell A will be unacted upon. The valve-stem j passes throughthe hollow hub h, which is provided with a stuffing-box 7c, and upon theprojecting end of the stem j may be placed a gear m, by means ot' whichthe valve F may be rotated within the shell A to successively cover anduncover the openings to the spindles d d, the shell A being at the sametime held stationary by any suitable means-as, for example, by means ofthe iiattened shank ,jh-and as the valve F is turned within the shell Athe several longitudinal series of spindles which project from theperiphery of the shell will be successively brought under the action ofthe vacuum employed for causing the d yeing-liquor to flow through thecops placed upon the spindles. t

A modification of my invention is shown in Figs. 5 and 6, in which theValve F is adapted for a sliding instead of a rotary movement within theshell A, and in this case the holes fr' t' are arranged to open andclose the passage to the several sets of spindles projecting from theperiphery of the shell, and in operating the valve F the shell A is tobe held stationary, as before, and the valve moved back and forth, asrequired, by means of the projecting stemj. Vhen the spindle-holder,with its attached spindles and cops, is placed in a vat ofdyeing-liquor, the liquor is to be drawn through the cops upon thespindles d by means of a suction-pump at the end of the hose or pipe D,thus creating a vacuum in the chamber G, which tends to draw the liquorinwardly through the cop.

I claim as my inventionA The combination, with. the perforated shellprovided with the hollow spindles, of a Valve located Within the hollowshell and adapted A IRA F PECK 5 to open and close the passages to thehollowv Witnesses:

spindles successively, so that the dyeing-lq- SooRATEs SCHOLFIELD, uorwill pass through a portion only of the JOHN S. LYNCH.

`spindles at any given time, substantially as described.

